WB-57 #927 10/25/16
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Aircraft:
Flight Number:
14
Payload Configuration:
POSIDON
Nav Data Collected:
No
Archive Data:
20161025 (11 archive (plain-text) files; 36 image files)
Total Flight Time:
4.5 hours
Submitted by:
Debra Willett on 10/25/16
Flight Segments:
| From: | PGUM | To: | PGUM | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 10/25/16 13:42 Z | Finish: | 10/25/16 18:12 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 4.5 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 17W003 | PI: | Eric Jensen | ||
| Funding Source: | Ken Jucks - NASA - SMD - ESD Upper Atmosphere Research Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Comments: | Payloads: MMS, DLH, SID3, CPI, 2DS, SO2, H20, POPS, WAS, PANTHER AND 03 LITE. SATCOM type was INMARSAT. High flight. Despite the delayed takeoff, significant science objectives were achieved and the high FCF was accomplished in the abbreviated sortie | ||||
Flight Hour Summary:
| 16W007 | 17W003 | |
|---|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 58 | 42 |
| Flight Hours Previously Approved | 50.5 | |
| Total Used | 7.5 | 90.3 |
| Total Remaining | 2.2 |
| 17W003 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 10/01/16 | 3 | Ferry | 4.4 | 4.4 | 88.1 | |
| 10/02/16 | 4 | Ferry | 5.7 | 10.1 | 82.4 | |
| 10/03/16 | 5 | Ferry | 5.9 | 16 | 76.5 | |
| 10/09/16 | 6 | Ferry | 4.2 | 20.2 | 72.3 | |
| 10/12/16 | 7 | Science | 5.7 | 25.9 | 66.6 | |
| 10/14/16 | 8 | Science | 5.3 | 31.2 | 61.3 | |
| 10/15/16 | 9 | Science | 4.8 | 36 | 56.5 | |
| 10/18/16 | 10 | Science | 5.7 | 41.7 | 50.8 | |
| 10/19/16 | 11 | Science | 5.7 | 47.4 | 45.1 | |
| 10/21/16 | 12 | Science | 5.6 | 53 | 39.5 | |
| 10/24/16 | 13 | Check | 1.3 | 54.3 | 38.2 | |
| 10/25/16 | 14 | Science | 4.5 | 58.8 | 33.7 | |
| 10/26/16 | 15 | Science | 5.5 | 64.3 | 28.2 | |
| 10/28/16 | 16 | Science | 5.4 | 69.7 | 22.8 | |
| 10/31/16 | 17 | Ferry | 5.2 | 74.9 | 17.6 | |
| 11/01/16 | 18 | Ferry | 5.9 | 80.8 | 11.7 | |
| 11/02/16 | 19 | Ferry | 5.6 | 86.4 | 6.1 | |
| 11/03/16 | 20 | Ferry | 3.9 | 90.3 | 2.2 | |
| 16W007 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 09/13/16 | 1 | Science | 2.1 | 2.1 | 55.9 | |
| 09/15/16 | 2 | Science | 5.4 | 7.5 | 50.5 | |
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Related Science Report:
POSIDON - WB-57 #927 10/25/16 Science Report
Mission:
POSIDON
Mission Summary:
This flight provided measurements of trace gases and ice crystal microphysical properties in anvil cirrus after the convection had subsided and in cold cirrus near the tropopause. Enhanced ozone concentrations in the uppermost troposphere were also measured on this flight.
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Submitted by:
Susan Kimi McFadden on 11/11/16